i agree, thats where the coaching staff and team leaders have to be held accountable. But some guys are not controllable, like Kovalev. And Ryder is working hard, and considering some stuff thats been going on with his family (His brother, his house firebombed or something) i dont think his head is totally in hockey right now. Nobody imagined he would be as bad production wise as he has been

fair enough. i just don’t like seeing a guy score 90-100 points for another team when we haven’t had someone like that in years.

i think we push the panic button too early. maybe i picked the wrong guy as an example, but the yearly “cancer” award thing (natasha last year, ryder this year) is as tiring as the nightly “the refs are against us” crap that we post on here.

dagenais can’t sakte, he’d be on the bench the whole game. Theodore, well, you know what happened there. There’s no doubt that we could use Ribeiro’s production, and being a local boy he would have been perfect for this team, its just a pity that: A) he didn’t grow mature enough to be able to handle the spotlight and pressure here in a way that was beneficial to the team, and B) that we didn’t get enough for him becase it was well known in the league that he was that way.

immaturity is one thing, causing a split in the dressing room is another. And these things are not secrets in the league, it was never going to be not a position of weakenss, because everyone knew his personality.

Give me a break. Ribeiro would never have flourished in Montreal. The best move Bob has made was getting rid of the ‘Three Amigos’, Ribiero, Dagenais, and Theo. Besides, no one should be permitted to disgrace a Habs jersey with a hairdo like that.

so you’re telling me you’d trade dallas’ leading goal scorer for a guy who sucked last year and is now in switzerland? i see good for him. . . but for us?? we underestimated his talent because we thought he was immature. never deal from a position of weakness.

Ribeiro was a cancer here, he was treated like a superstar just because he was a local boy, and with his buddies Jose and Pierre cause a split in the dressing room.

I believe the reason he’s doing well in Dallas is that he had to earn his respect there, and it wasn’t just given to him. Guys like Modano and Zubov, as well as a coach like Tippett won’t let you get away with that crap.

I disagree….i think ribeiro is playing well because it was a change of scenery. It was best for both the team and him to go to dallas. I doubt he would be playing this well if he was still with the Habs….

Half hour before lift off…The “Young Guns” will be looking to change history from this day forward. I believe in the youth bring’n us to victory…from the nets out…we are going to be hard to stop…we are one player from being at the BIG Show this yr. Thank you Ryder for bringing us hope with the hat trick last yr in T.O. May your guns blaze glory once again!

let’s hope the distractions of being “home for the holidays” works against the Stars. Wonder if Ribs is still doing his pimpin’ act? That really turned Gainey off! Three amigos..! Now we’ve got the Fantastic Four: Chips, Price, Higgy and Gorges!